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Viviana Paez, Anchor, Journalist, Univision 19/UniMás 64

Viviana Paez is an Emmy® Award Winning Journalist, recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northern California Chapter and she is currently the co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Univision 19’s newscasts.

Viviana was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. After completing her basic education, she moved to the United States in pursue of her dreams to become a journalist.

While she was a student, Viviana first joined the Univision family as an intern in the “Despierta America” program, where she demonstrated her professionalism and love for her career and in 2004 she was hired to join the News team of Univision 23 in Miami.

Viviana later moved to Albuquerque, where she anchored the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Univision Newscasts in New Mexico.

It was in August of 2007, when Viviana Paez moved to Sacramento and joined the Univision 19 team, as part of the talent of “A Primera Hora” morning program. In 2013, she was promoted to be the co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Univision 19’s newscasts.